The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-20
Rapid Rtfls Shooting.


tice. Ii trains the eye and the hand 10
work together and gets the forefinser into
the habit OF pressing the trigger ut just
the right moment. Grasp the rifle in
the Kentucky manner or in DR.. Carver's
style. holding the butt just below the ell
how, and keep the eye fixed upon the
mark IL you can shoot with both eyes
open so much the better. At the word
Fire. bring the butt 10 the shoulder
quickly and raise the barrel until the
sights are in line with the mark, pressing
the trigger as soon as you see them in
line You must shoot after the word
Fire. and before the counter finishes
counting three like the tick Ut clock
With practice the rife will come into po-
sition Instantly, the eye will telegraph to
the foreiinger that the aim is right and
the finger will press the trigger uncon-
sciously. Men who practice this style OF
shooting can do more accurate work at
the word than in taking deliberate aim,
and they will fire when the counter says
One
Another good plan is TO take a repeat
ing rifle-a Winchester, for eAample-and
try To put as many shots As possible into
the bulls eye rs rapidly as the gun can be
fired. Try for accuracy first and rapidity
by degrees. IL is well To vary the mark
and not shoot at u round black bulls eye
all the time. Fire ut swinging balls, sus
pended bullcts, white objects, things Of
irregular shape and neutral color, and
then have somebody toss up balls or blocks
OF wood and shoot them oi the wing. 1t
is not 50 difficult to hit glass balls in the
air as some people fancy. That kind of
shooting. as performed in the shows, is
nothing but n fake. The ball is thrown
from an oil fashioned Bogardus trap, that
losses it easily and ON inst the same curve
every time The shooter draws a bead on
q certain point ON the screen, and when
the ball comes into line lac lets her go.
More than that, these fake shooters don't
use bullets. Here is one of the Wild West
style OF Winchester cartridges. You see
il is u brass shell filed with bird shot
That kind Of ammunition is made in large
quantities at the factories for these phe
nomenal riflemen. Carver actually shot
bullets his first season, hut it was unsafe,
and he adopted the shot cartridge finally.
No man with hit of sense in his head
wouli fire rifle bullets around as Buffalo
Bill prctends To DO. He might kill some
body "A mile of after smashing a glass bal
i'll the air. These wonderful feats of
shooting glass balls from horseback with
a rifle bali are actually performed with
bird shot that scatters over space of
several feet. Any fair wing shot conldn't
help smashing the balls.-New York sun.
=
IL would be strange, indeed, il the
| Oriental love OF brilliancy in decoration
| had not left its mark upon the books of
| eastern nations. The Orientals were the
! first to apply gliding to book covers;
at least they were the preceptors Of the
! people Of Europe in this branch Of decor
| alive art. Their books were held in
| an estimation that borlered upon vener
| alton. They not only inciOsed them In
4 hook With glass doors hnt they mt
each hook into an ornamental box, upon
4 which was written the name Of the author
| aud the title Of the book. BY an ingenious
| arran cement. consisting OF q cord and
! false bottom To the box. the book could.
| by simply pulling on the cord be made t.
| issue from lis resting place and come out
| into fuil view OF the visitor. The cases
were of cedar, ornamented with mother
| Of pearl and gliding.
In Persia the books are laid fiat upon
shelves, fitted into inches in the library
wall and shut in by rich hangings attach
ed to the ceiling. The titles are frequently
fooled upon the edges, a usage that il
still followed in some parts Of the globe
Upon the floor OF the Persian library stand
book chests, four feet in height, and in
these likewise are stored the treasures
of the coliector.-The Bookmakcr.
Mr.. Kate Chase Twenty Years Axe.
| The senator was in q reminiscent mood
and he continued:
II was in Washington every winter
then. Lord. how Kitty Chase did bull
doze Mrs. Lincoln, thought As Gen
Badeau says, Mrs. Lincoln was little OF
even then, but Kitty Chase, with hel
beauty and her sharp tongue, managed u
take the pas of Mrs. Lincoln, and every
body else for that matter, when she chose
! can see her now, at q presidents recep
ton, sailing in on her fathers arm, with
a corporal's guard Of men after her. She
did not allow anybody but herself to play
first fiddle in those days. All, mustn't
she feel like n ghost in . graveyard wher
she comes to Washington now.''
\ Meanwhile Mrs Kitty stood up neal
Mrs Mullett and talked with something
Of her old manner to the people about hel
and with ambition and money and
power and position gone, and deserted by
her son, and a stranger and . pilgrim
where she was once queen regnant, she
was still the Kitty Chase in beauty and
charm Of twenty years ago.-New Yorl
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